22nd JULY ~ HiSTORY ON THiS DAY

JULY 21st ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 2003 : Jessica Lynch got a hero’s welcome | & more about history on this day in the video… 19-year-old U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a prisoner-of-war rescued from an Iraqi hospital, received a hero’s welcome when she returns to her home town of Palestine, West Virginia. It was later revealed that some details of Lynch’s dramatic capture and rescue may have been exaggerated.